Exploring Themes In the SXSW Film Lineup: Not Just About Animals

This year SXSW has a handful of films that feature animals in their titles. But why judge a film by its title (or poster)! These movies crossover many of screening sections, from Documentary to Midnighters to Global. Getting curiouser and curiouser!

Bad Lucky Goat

(Colombia) (World Premiere) Director/Screenwriter: Samir Oliveros

After accidentally killing a bearded goat, teenage siblings Corn and Rita must quickly find a way to repair their father’s truck, enlisting the help of a butcher, rastafari drum makers, a pawn shop and even a witch doctor, in a 24-hour adventure around Port Paradise. Cast: Honlenny Huffington, Kiara Howard, Elkin Robinson, Michel Robinson, Ambrosio Huffington, Jean Bush.

Hounds of Love

In the mid 1980’s seventeen-year-old Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realizes she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive. Cast: Ashleigh Cummings, Emma Booth, Stephen Curry, Susie Porter, Damian de Montemas, Harrison Gilbertson, Fletcher Humphrys.

Paa Joe & The Lion

A true story about the art of love and death. A thought provoking and cinematic documentary film rooted in the universal themes of love, death and legacy set against one of the most beautiful art-forms in the world – Ghana’s very own fantasy coffin.

PIG: The Final Screenings

(World Premiere) Director: Adam Mason

A savage satire of gender politics in America, Adam Mason is guaranteed to shock and offend with Pig. Created with actor and long time collaborator Andrew Howard, Pig is a virtuoso piece of pure cinema. Cast: Andrew Howard, Guy Burnet, Lorry Stone, Juliet Quintin-Archard, Molly Black.

Rat Film

(U.S. Premiere) Director/Screenwriter: Theo Anthony

Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. Rat Film is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat—as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them.

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